The summer staple was out of favour, with a 25-54 average of 1.4%, to finish behind Coronation Street (2.7%) and the second half of Jarhead but ahead of Prime’s thoughtful Louis Theroux doco, A Different Brain (0.5%).

X-Files was most popular with 25-54s and 18-49s (2.7%) but averaged below 2.0% in the 18-39 and HHS/k demos.

TVNZ 1’s line-up easily won the night in all the core demos except HHS/k, where it and 2 both scored a 23.7% share.